#AA36C6#AA36C6

#AA36C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.224 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA36C6
RGB	rgb(170, 54, 198)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 72.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 65.83, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 84.07, 321.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1687 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.224 319)
XYZ	xyz(28.0884, 15.2629, 54.8816)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA36C6 #52C636

analogous

#6236C6 #AA36C6 #C6369A

triadic

#AA36C6 #C6AA36 #36C6AA

tetradic

#AA36C6 #C66236 #52C636 #369AC6

square

#AA36C6 #C66236 #52C636 #369AC6

split-complementary

#AA36C6 #9AC636 #36C662

monochromatic

#571C66 #812996 #AA36C6 #BF64D5 #D394E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AA36C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AA36C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA36C6

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA36C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA36C6	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4071C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa36c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 54, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.224 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c778d8',
    500: '#aa36c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa36c6;
$custom-light: #c778d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa36c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56343,
    "c": 0.22361,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.15262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA36C6

secondary

#98CD8B

accent

#E04765

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA36C6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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